Newark---May 20----New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA) Executive Director Dena Mottola Jaborska released a statement of support for Representative LaMonica McIver following the filing of charges against her by federal officials.
"The Trump administration's charges against Representative McIver have nothing to do with justice or the rule of law, and everything to do with intimidating and silencing elected officials who speak out against the war on immigrants and people of color. Her oversight visit that prompted the charges should have been routine, and only turned confrontational because ICE arrested Mayor Ras Baraka, who has since seen his charges dropped. McIver was doing her duty, and we applaud her for standing up to injustice and for vulnerable communities. We urge all our elected officials to do the same."